Sibob

No, I wouldn’t lol….but if I did, it would probably be MXR…or maybe Darkglass.

Si 

My pedal riser board currently:

Schu-Tone Ramparts (Green Muffin w/mids) -> Mooer Envelope -> MXR Vintage Octave -> TC Corona Chorus -> TC PolyTune Mini 3

There’s room for another 1590a sized something above the two TC pedals, so I think that might have to be an MXR or Mooer micro power, as it’s all running on a daisychain at the mo, which I suspect the two digital pedals will eventually not agree with if I gig this setup.

Si

The MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe is excellent, very versatile (including a Flanger option), and not overly expensive (sometimes sub-£100 used). 
 

Si

The best of the CEB3’s.

GLWTS

Si

On 09/11/2025 at 11:47, jimbobothy said:

… slapped this together for fretted duties this morning at church, going for the classic 1176 into LA2A vibe with a bit of channel strip chucked in (and some goodness from the Sfx unit 👍🏻

 

 

I do normally make things a bit neater, but it still worked 🤣🤣

What’s the SFX Micro Energiser?

Si

I’m not aware that MXR/Dunlop own their own production facilities, although even if they do, it’s not really likely that a company would dime their capabilities in order to fulfill backorders, they’ll ramp up production slowly so they can find a sweet-spot between supply and demand. You don’t want more stock than you need, especially on a niche product, because stopping and then starting (again) production is not a simple task.

Si

Nice, love that gold 44-60.

Si

Yes exactly, plenty of TC PolyTunes for £30-40 used.

Si

Yeah DemonFX are pretty well-known for their borderline counterfeiting of well-known pedals.

I wouldn’t touch them with a barge-pole, who knows what’s going on under the hood. Some people seems happy with them, but I’ve heard reports of noisy pedals and all sorts of crap-outs you’d expect of such things.

YMMV.

Si

Was trying out the Duality for the first time last night, needs some slight tweaking/dialing-in, but I think it’s a keeper. Really starting to get to grips with the FJBOD too, really cool tones different to what I get with the BB Pre.

Si

7 hours ago, bass_dinger said:

 

I didn't take it any further - it didn't feel like a risk I wanted to take with my basses.

 

However, their website tells me that the company has gone from three reviews, to over 17,000 reviews,  in 6 months.  That's equivalent to around 3,000 reviews per month or 100 per day, every day of the week. 

 

So, for all the healthy cynicism displayed by basschatters, 4 people an hour (throughout the day and night) are happy enough with the service to leave a positive review. 

 

Does that amount of shopping traffic sound plausible for a business that is less than two years old?

 

Companies House entry here. 

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15411845

 

 

 

Yeah I saw those numbers and it felt like a lot….thanks for doing the maths to make it feel even less likely haha 

Cheers

Si

Did anyone ever explore this further? Legit?

Si

18 hours ago, SumOne said:

 

Yeah, there is that added issue with keys being a new instrument to play. Luckily I have some basic piano skills from a couple of years playing as a kid and occasional noodling about on the piano as an adult, and generally the synth basslines that I want to play are pretty basic (in fact, most of the bast synth basslines seem quite basic e.g. the ones mentioned above 'Thriller' and 'I just can't get enough').  There is also some demand in the band for offbeat chord stabs in our Reggae tunes which is partly encouraging me to get an MPC Key 37 (for those organ and piano sounds as well as synth bass). I'm a bit cautious about going too far down that route though as it means handing over Bass duties to another bandmate for those songs and I do still find bass guitar the most fun instrument to play (especially for Reggae), I wouldn't want to turn into a keyboard player!

 

 

Split your midi keyboard sounds, bass with your left hand, piano stabs with your right. Easy….right?! 😅

Si

TC Spectracomp for sale HERE - £45

BB Bass Preamp HERE - £ 110

Neither are mine, just signposting. 

£155 and done, and who knows, maybe the sellers will take a tiny bit less to get you in under £150….you can but ask.

Si

5 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 

Looks / sounds great, thanks Si! What sort of tracks do you think you'll be using this on live?

Heya,

I’ll primarily be using it for pop/synth type stuff, primarily coupled with Chorus and sometimes octave. 
On the odd occasion I use fuzz on its own, again, it’s more for a pop-type ‘produced’ sound….not doomy metal type Muff fuzz. 
 

Si

Sometimes I just use a low-gain overdrive into my bass.

Si

Some of you will have seen that CMC Audio have today released their new Fuzz pedal, which integrates an envelope filter into the sound.

I’ve had it for a little while now as I happened to get chatting to Christoph about fuzz pedals around the time this was around 90% developed.

FWIW, I paid for mine, so this is not a marketing spin, I just wanted to start the conversation around it as I believe it deserves all the exposure it can get! 
 

I made a very quick video for Instagram this lunchtime haha, with a single tone:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPguOWSiO9J/?igsh=Z3pkcnk4c2V3NDk5

And I know Si Francis and a few others also put out vids, which I (or someone else) can post below.

Cheers

Si

On 03/10/2025 at 15:21, krispn said:

@Sibob

B_ F_lt_r f_zz

Bi-Filter Fuzz!

Winner!!
 

Si

9 hours ago, EmmettC said:

Sorry to resurrect a dead thread, but seems better than starting again - I have a 3 Leaf You're Doom, and I have the option to trade it for a Doom 2, but it'll cost me around £150 to swap. Is it worth it, I'm really happy with the You're Doom, it is really simple to dial in between songs for live use and it never sounds bad. I do like the eq option on the Doom 2 though, seems like it will be even more versatile, but will it be as usable live? 
Anyone who has tried both, is it worth £150 to "upgrade", or should I just be happy with what I have?

As someone who’s been there and done that (albeit not with a 3Leaf), if you’re really happy with your Doom, and not wanting for anything ‘more’….just stay as you are. Grass isn’t greener, I promise lol.

Si

4 minutes ago, Homatron said:

Is the top left dial marked "Peas", or is that my eyes? I'd love a pedal with Peas written on it.

You would not QUITE be there if it was a Wordle 😂

Si

I’ve been running this setup for the last couple of gigs for testing, the same basic components as my ‘main’ board, but a few slightly different flavours:

Polytune Mini 3 -> Fuzzdog Mr Creosote (Phat Phuk B diy) -> Schu-Tone FLOverdrive (custom BB Bass Pre clone) -> CMC Audio 🤫 -> MXR BEF -> MXR BOD -> Schu-Tone Finn Chorus (his Replicant Jr circuit) -> Olympic MKIIIs.

Powered by a Cioks DC7 on a PT Metro 16.

Still dialing a few elements in, but I’ve really enjoyed it so far. Little bit more saturation than my very clean Linden EQ ‘main’ board, but it’s very controllable and dynamic, which is fun.

Si

Aleš makes wonderful basses.

A friend of mine has a P5 like this (a red one), and says that it’s fantastic.

At another time, I’d be all over this, the wrong time though unfortunately.

GLWTS

Si

Hey all,

Had this in my bits box for a long time, I initially built it when I ripped out the active circuit of a Sire V3 Jazz I had. Sounded great as a passive bass, and the addition of the series/parallel switch really helps Jazzes I think.

The neck volume pot is a push/pull, allowing you to switch from parallel in the down position, to series in the ‘pulled’ position. 
 

Old school cloth wiring.

It’s not a super pro job, but it was working nicely when I had it fitted.

I will say that it’s been in my bits box for a long while, so the absolute worst case is that some of the connection solder needs re-flowing.

One of the knobs is slightly mismatched, but easily changed if that bothers you.

Price includes UK postage  

Cheers

Si

On 10/09/2025 at 12:16, Bagman said:

so the Boss OC-5 is "better" than the OC-2

 

fair call? 

I think it depends what you need, the OC5 has a lot more options of course, but the ‘vintage’ mode is never going to be ‘better’ than the OC2. It’s an excellent approximation of it though, so if you have use for all the other guff, the OC5 is great. If you literally just want a  -1 and/or -2 octave and that’s it, get an OC2 (if we’re just discussing those two).

Always ignore the OC3 🤣

Si